Horse Racing

Q: What do you anticipate is the next personnel move to move this team into contention? -- Sherif, Miramar.

A: While the acquisitions of Dwyane Wade and Luke Babbitt did not dramatically move the needle at the trading deadline, part of that reality is that the Heat did not have much to move the needle with, lacking first-round picks or even cash to throw into a trade. Similarly, the equity the Heat now lack is sufficient currency in the playoff race to entice a buyout acquisition. The last thing a player on a non-contender would want is to give up salary in a buyout only to wind up on a team that...

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February 21, 2018
Q: What do you anticipate is the next personnel move to move this team into contention? -- Sherif, Miramar.
A: While the acquisitions of Dwyane Wade and Luke Babbitt did not dramatically move the needle at the trading deadline,...

It was all smiles in the winner’s circle after Saturday’s $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf, none bigger than the one on the face of trainer Brian Lynch.
His popular pupil Heart to Heart had just scored his first Grade I victory. In his 34th career start,...

After two consecutive Saturdays filled with stakes races, Gulfstream Park takes a break this weekend with only two stakes on Saturday’s 12-race slate. However, both races, each at 1 1/8 miles on the turf, look to be highly competitive and attractive to...

Todd Pletcher has a knack of coming to Florida with unheralded 3 year olds and developing them into serious players on the road to the Triple Crown. He did it again Saturday in the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream.
Audible, who had a couple of wins in New...

The road to the Kentucky Derby becomes a super highway Saturday.
Significant Derby preps will be run in New York, California and at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. The $350,000 Holy Bull is Florida’s first graded race of the year for Derby-age horses...

Thoroughbred racing is rarely as predictable as the this year's Eclipse Awards, staged Thursday for the sixth consecutive year in Gulfstream's Sport of Kings Theater.
Ten of the 11 horses honored as the best of their division were widely anticipated,...

A variety of nonprofits have marked the beginning of 2018 with new board members and executive appointments including in community services, women’s initiatives and education. Additionally, the AssociatesMD Medical Group announced a new practitioner in...

For the second consecutive year, the favorite will start from an outside position Saturday in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational.
Gun Runner was installed as a strong 4-5 morning line favorite Wednesday after the draw for post positions for the $16...

Gun Runner’s farewell victory tour is expected to get off to a triumphant start Thursday as Gulfstream Park hosts the annual Eclipse Awards for the sixth consecutive year.
For the previous five, the ceremonies were held on a Saturday. Gulfstream and the...

As much as anyone, Jesus “Chino” Prada understands the saga and savvy of his close friend Antonio Sano.
That is, how Sano became the winningest horse trainer in Venezuela, then after a harrowing experience as a kidnapping victim, left his native country...

Because horses as young as three years old mature at such a rapid rate, it’s hard for even trainers to know how good they are until they race.
Mask, the runaway winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park, fits that profile....

The 3-year-old thoroughbred racing season begins in earnest this weekend at Gulfstream Park, and that means it’s time to start looking at which newly minted sophomores will negotiate their way to the Kentucky Derby.
As it stands today, Dale Romans has...

While the field has been slow to fill up for the second running of the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the world’s richest horse race promises plenty of fast contenders later this month at Gulfstream Park.
Five of the top six finishers in...

Patience was the key to victory for Run Time in Saturday’s $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
With 2 miles of turf to cover and second to last through the first 75 percent of the long race, jockey Tyler Gaffalione placed the 4 year old...

Imagine the Florida Derby being run in Puerto Rico or the Kentucky Derby in Mexico City. This, in effect, is what is happening at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
The Clasico Internacional del Caribe, an annual festival for the top horses in the Caribbean and...

It didn't take long for the star of the afternoon to emerge on opening day of Gulfstream's winter season Saturday. Mended, who shipped in from Northern California with a nine-race winning streak, blitzed 13 rivals in the first of nine Claiming Crown...

Gulfstream Park has become a track for all seasons. But it’s during the Championship winter meet, which opens Saturday, that it moves to the forefront of thoroughbred racing in America with top-of-the-game horses, trainers and jockeys competing.
The...

Saturday is the biggest day of the brief Gulfstream Park West meet, as eight $75,000 stakes races restricted to Florida breds are scheduled for Sunshine Millions Preview day at the Miami Gardens track.
Three of the races will serve as possible tune-ups...

To this day, Antonio Sano remains the all-time winningest horse trainer in Venezuela. But while he was piling up the wins in his native country, the allure of racing in the United States was strong.
Sano’s father, a fellow horseman, told him that one day...

Fans at Gulfstream Park were treated to an exciting finish in the feature race on "reopening" day Saturday as Katinka edged Surprise Wedding by a head bob to take the $100,000 Miss Gracie Stakes.The 7 1/2-furlong turf race for 3-year-old Florida bred...